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En besk medicin Välkommen till alternativmedicinens värld! Tusen och åter tusen är de som försökt kurera sig med akupunktur, örtmediciner eller homeopatiska produkter. Men vilka metoder fungerar egentligen och vilka är farliga eller i bästa fall harmlösa? Äntligen kan den vetgirige få svar, tack vare Simon Singh och Edzard Ernst, världens förste professor i alternativmedicin. Tillsammans har de skrivit den definitiva boken i ämnet, Salvekvick och kvacksalveri - Alternativmedicinen under luppen. Akupunktur, aromterapi, Feng Shui, homeopati, kiropraktik, kristallterapi, reiki och trettio andra populära behandlingar behandlas och utvärderas. Det är en ärlig, opartisk och besk medicin som serveras. Salvekvick och kvacksalveri är en given läsning för praktiserande läkare, som tyvärr är alltför dåligt pålästa, för politiker och tjänstemän som beslutar om den offentliga vården och för skattebetalarna som i sista hand får stå för kalaset. Och självfallet, för alla oss stackars patienter. Simon Singh är en av världens främsta populärvetenskapliga författare. Han har tidigare skrivit Fermats gåta, Kodboken och Big Bang. Edzard Ernst är professor i alternativmedicin vid Exeter University i England. Boken inleds med ett förord av Martin Ingvar, professor i integrativ medicin vid Karolinska institutet.
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Welcome to the world of alternative medicine.Prince Charles is a staunch defender and millions of people swear by it; most UK doctors consider it to be little more than superstition and a waste of money. But how do you know which treatments really heal and which are potentially harmful?Now at last you can find out, thanks to the formidable partnership of Professor Edzard Ernst and Simon Singh. Edzard Ernst is the world's first professor of complementary medicine, based at Exeter University, where he has spent over a decade analysing meticulously the evidence for and against alternative therapies.He is supported in his findings by Simon Singh, the well-known and highly respected science writer of several international bestsellers.Together they have written the definitive book on the subject. It is honest, impartial but hard-hitting, and provides a thorough examination and judgement of more than thirty of the most popular treatments, such as acupuncture, homeopathy, aromatherapy, reflexology, chiropractic and herbal medicine.In Trick or Treatment? the ultimate verdict on alternative medicine is delivered for the first time with clarity, scientific rigour and absolute authority.
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St. John's wort (Hypericum perforatum) is one of the best-selling herbal medicines in the world. For that reason, research into all aspects of St. John's wort continues to intensify. Hypericum: The Genus Hypericum summarizes the current knowledge on a wide range of issues, such as botany, plant infections, cultivation, manufacturing, standardization, quality control, biochemistry, pharmacology and clinical application. This landmark book tackles issues not previously addressed, such as selection of the pharmacologically active compounds, application for severe depression, mechanisms of action, long-term effects and risks, marketing issues (dietary supplements or drugs), and comparison to synthetic drugs for the same indications. Containing many updated references, Hypericum will be of immense value to those involved in industry and academia alike, including researchers, producers, processors, importers and end users.
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Whether you are an ardent believer in alternative medicine, a skeptic, or simply baffled by the range of services and opinions, this book lays to rest doubts and contradictions with authority and clarity. In this groundbreaking analysis, more than thirty of the most popular treatments—including acupuncture, homeopathy, aromatherapy, reflexology, chiropractic, and herbal medicines—are examined for their proven benefits and potential dangers. What works and what doesn’t? Whom can you trust, and who is ripping you off? While guiding the reader through a wide range of alternative cures, Trick or Treatment hones in on narrative case histories that illustrate the pros and cons of alternative medicine. Ultimately, in its scrutiny of alternative and complementary cures, this book strives to reassert the primacy of the scientific method as a means for determining public health practice and policy.
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St. John's wort (Hypericum perforatum) is one of the best-selling herbal medicines in the world. For that reason, research into all aspects of St. John's wort continues to intensify. Hypericum: The Genus Hypericum summarizes the current knowledge on a wide range of issues, such as botany, plant infections, cultivation, manufacturing, standardization, quality control, biochemistry, pharmacology and clinical application. This landmark book tackles issues not previously addressed, such as selection of the pharmacologically active compounds, application for severe depression, mechanisms of action, long-term effects and risks, marketing issues (dietary supplements or drugs), and comparison to synthetic drugs for the same indications. Containing many updated references, Hypericum will be of immense value to those involved in industry and academia alike, including researchers, producers, processors, importers and end users.
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Acupuncture: a scientific appraisal takes an evaluative approach, summarising the evidence for acupuncture in an impartial way. An international team of specialist contributors brings a wide range of expertise to the book, drawing together different facets of research and clinical practice to provide a cohesive look at acupuncture today. The increasing integration of acupuncture into health care services in the west, requires stringent criteria of efficacy, safety and cost in order to provide optimal benefit for patients, at minimal risk. All professionals involved in the delivery of healthcare will find this new book of great interest. The conclusions reached should provide a focus for future debate.Fully referenced throughout, Acupuncture: a scientific appraisal is an easily accessible, balanced source of information for all practitioners of acupuncture. Healthcare providers, complementary therapists and members of the primary healthcare team will also find this an invaluable purchase.
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Healing, Hype or Harm?
A Critical Analysis of Complementary or Alternative Medicine
Häftad, Engelska, 2008
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Understanding Research in Complementary and Alternative Medicine
A Guide to Reading and Analysing Research in Healthcare
Häftad, Engelska, 1999
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Of all forms of alternative medicine, chiropractic is the one that is most generally accepted. In the UK, for instance, chiropractors are regulated by statute and even have their own ‘Royal College of Chiropractic’. In the US, chiropractic’s country of origin, most chiropractors carry the title ‘doctor’ and many consumers believe they are medically trained.Despite this high level of acceptance, chiropractic is wide open to criticism. The claims and assumptions made by chiropractors are far from evidence based. Chiropractic manipulations are of doubtful effectiveness and have regularly been associated with severe adverse effects, including multiple fatalities. The advice issued by chiropractors to patients and consumers is often less than responsible. The behaviour of chiropractors and their organisations is frequently less than professional.This book presents and discusses recent evidence in and around chiropractic in a factual and unemotional manner. It amounts to an evidence-based critique of this profession and discloses the often dangerously misleading information published for the lay audience. It thereby contributes to advancing public health and critical thinking.
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Cancer victims are bombarded with misleading information about alternative medicine. This book explains why alternative cancer cures are a fallacious concept. However, it also outlines the important role of alternative medicine in supporting cancer patients and improving their quality of life.
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Cancer victims are bombarded with misleading information about alternative medicine. This book explains why alternative cancer cures are a fallacious concept. However, it also outlines the important role of alternative medicine in supporting cancer patients and improving their quality of life.
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Alternative medicine (AM) is popular; about 40% of the US general population have used alternative treatment in the past year, and in Germany this figure is around 70%. The global market is expected to reach nearly US $ 200 billion by 2025, with most of these funds coming directly out of consumers’ pockets.Consumers are bombarded with misleading and false information on AM and therefore prone to making wrong, unwise, or dangerous therapeutic decisions, endangering their health and wasting their money.This book is a reference text aimed at guiding consumers through the maze of AM. This second edition includes over 50 additional treatments as well as updates on many others.
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This book focuses on the individuals who invented specific forms of alternative medicine. Examples are Hahnemann (homeopathy), Still (osteopathy), Schulz (autogenic training). In total, about 40 such personalities are included in the book. They have all led unusual lives, and the book explores their journey towards their inventions. Certain characteristics seem to emerge:· They are all male!· Many originated from Europe· Most of them are white· Many gave their name to the therapy· Many inventions are relatively recent· Many inventors are not doctors· Most inventors claim to have found a panacea· Many adhere to vitalistic ideas· Almost all of the inventors are fully convinced of their invention· Inventions are often based on personal experience· The inventions tend to be implausible even by the standards of their timeThe book explores all these themes and, where appropriate, contrasts them with the corresponding situation in conventional medicine.
Hitler’s Female Physicians
Women Doctors During the Third Reich and Their Crimes Against Humanity
Häftad, Engelska, 2025
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There have been many books about the doctors of the Third Reich and their atrocities. Most of these books neglect the contribution of women in the medical profession. In this book, they are the focus of attention.The first section of the book explains the background of the Third Reich in general and medicine during this period in particular. It addresses the situation of female doctors and why there were relatively few of them.It goes on to detail the forms of transgression that occurred under Nazi rule—involuntary sterilization, euthanasia, and mass murder of Jews and other groups considered undesirable.The second part of the book is a collection of 38 alphabetically arranged biographies of individual female doctors who participated in these activities. It reports on the actions they took and what happened to them after the war. The final chapter draws some conclusions, which can be briefly summarized as follows: 1) the female doctors' role remains under-researched, 2) generally speaking, female doctors were also guilty, but their transgressions generally less gruesome than those of their male colleagues, 3) many of the deeds of female doctors are nevertheless shocking.
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This book tells the bewildering tale of one of the most insidious, yet almost forgotten crimes against humanity planned by the Nazis during the Third Reich. Soon after taking power in 1933, the Nazis introduced a program of involuntary sterilization of those German citizens who they considered unworthy of reproduction. These were predominantly, but not exclusively, people afflicted with hereditary diseases. Doctors were required to register with newly established health courts every known case of hereditary illness, including genetic blindness and deafness, manic depression, schizophrenia, epilepsy, congenital feeble-mindedness, Huntington’s chorea, and alcoholism. Common sterilization methods at the time required long recovery periods and often resulted in death, so when an Austrian dermatologist wrote to Himmler proposing that sterilization of 3 million Bolsheviks could be carried out with the South American plant Leopard Lily (dieffenbachia seguine seguinum, or dumb bane), Himmler, who was easily impressed by quacks, had his interest piqued. To connect the various strands of this complex story, this book explores Nazi ideology, their fascination with alternative medicine, particularly herbal medicine, and Himmler and his inclination towards pseudoscience, as well as other key individuals. Anyone with an interest in alternative medicine and pseudoscience, medical ethics, the history of medicine, or the Nazi regime will learn much from this previously untold story.
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This book traces the genesis, principles and practice of homeopathy, and discusses the reasons for its enduring popularity. Ironically, while modern medicine has changed beyond recognition, homeopathy, with its roots in alchemy and metaphysics, continues to be practiced precisely as it was in Hahnemann’s day.
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This book reveals the numerous ways in which moral, ethical and legal principles are being violated by those who provide, recommend or sell ‘complementary and alternative medicine’ (CAM).
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Die stringente Gliederung jedes Kapitels hilft Arzt wie Patient schnell die gesuchte Information zu einem Arzneimittel, einer Heilmethode oder zu einer Krankheit zu finden. Ein unerlässliches Buch für alle Ärzte, Studenten, Apotheker und Patienten, die sich für Naturheilverfahren und Komplementärmedizin interessieren.
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Homöopathie und Wissenschaft Dieses Buch zeichnet die Entstehung der Homöopathie nach, erläutert ihre grundlegenden Prinzipien, klärt über die heutige Praxis auf und diskutiert die Gründe für die anhaltende Beliebtheit dieser Heilmethode. Vor zweihundert Jahren hatte die Medizin Kranken wenig zu bieten: Man ließ sie zur Ader oder verabreichte ihnen extrem starke Abführmittel – Praktiken, die den Krankheitsverlauf verkürzten, indem sie den Tod des Patienten beschleunigten. Vor allem als Reaktion auf diese brachiale und ineffektive Medizin entwickelte der deutsche Arzt Samuel Hahnemann im ausgehenden 18. Jahrhundert ein therapeutisches System, das er als Homöopathie bezeichnete. Während sich die Medizin seit jener Zeit enorm gewandelt und weiterentwickelt hat, wird die Homöopathie – mit ihren Wurzeln in Alchemie und Metaphysik – heute noch genauso praktiziert wie in Hahnemanns Tagen. Die Leser dieses Buches werden nicht nur die Geschichte der Homöopathie und ihrer fast magischen Anziehungskraft kennen lernen, sondern vor allem die rationale und wissenschaftliche Herangehensweise des Autors zu schätzen wissen, der in kompakter Form die gesamte Bandbreite der biologischen, chemischen und psychologischen Fragen beleuchtet, die diese Behandlungsform aufwirft.
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Neben wesentlichen Hintergrundinformationen zu alternativer Medizin wie dem Placebo-Effekt, wissenschaftliche Nachweismethoden und gesellschaftlichen Pro- und Contra Argumenten, führt das Buch durch 150 alternative therapeutische und diagnostische Methoden und beurteilt sie unter anderem hinsichtlich Wirksamkeit, Kosten und Gefahrenpotential.
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Seit 1939 gibt es in Deutschland Heilpraktiker. Heute sehen ihn immer mehr Konsumenten als eine echte Alternative zur konventionellen Medizin. Doch was steckt wirklich hinter diesem Beruf? Edzard Ernst geht dieser Frage auf den Grund. Er erläutert die Geschichte, Befugnisse, Methoden und Therapieansätze der Heilpraktiker. Sein Ziel ist es, dem Verbraucher durch klar verständliche, evidenzbasierte Analysen einen Zugang zur Thematik zu ermöglichen, Missverständnisse auszuräumen, und kritisches Denken zu fördern. Die Gefahren, die er dabei aufdeckt, stellen die dringliche Frage nach der Sinnhaftigkeit des Heilpraktiker-Berufs in den Raum. Der Faktencheck zum aktuellen Gesundheitsdisput.
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Dieses Sachbuch klärt über die dunkle Seite der österreichischen Medizingeschichte während des Nationalsozialismus auf. Es skizziert die Biografien von beteiligten Ärzten und Ärztinnen, deren Vergehen und Konsequenzen nach 1945. Es dokumentiert die medizinischen Gräueltaten des Nationalsozialismus, und deren verheerende Auswirkungen auf die betroffenen Menschen, und zieht wichtige Lehren für die moderne Medizinethik und den Schutz von Menschenrechten. Zu dem Thema Ärzte im „Dritten Reich“ sind bereits zahlreiche Bücher verfasst worden. Das vorliegende Buch fokussiert sich erstmals auf österreichische Mediziner und Medizinerinnen.
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